The Story Behind Lake Country Lunkers

Lake Country Lunkers was established December 2022 in my hometown of Sulphur Springs, Texas; which is less than an hours drive from legendary Lake Fork and countless other big bass factories. Being an avid fisherman for 10+ years, (obsessed, as my friends, family would say) I found it incredibly difficult to find and buy jigs with detailed skirt patterns, natural skirt movement, or the durability I wanted. So in 2021, I started making my own! From that point on, I was hooked. Figuratively, and literally… thousands of times by now.

Due to my passion for bass fishing, modifying & creating tackle, and trying to catch the biggest bass in any ditch/pond/creek/lake/river, I became a “tackle tinkerer”. I wouldn’t fish a jig without modifying it in some way that would give me that “edge” above other fisherman, and even though I was stuck to walking the bank and limited in the areas I could fish at the time, I was determined to outfish the people passing by in their $60,000 bass rigs. I bought a fly tying vise, some thread & a bobbin, skirting materials, and weed guards; all without any clue of what to do with it. All I knew was how to catch fish.

Following countless hours of testing various jig and fly tying methods for durability, studying seasonal bass/bass forage tendencies and their seasonal color changes, lure testing and then re-testing in various water clarities and temperatures, I have the utmost confidence in my lures. This level of confidence comes from the innumerable failures and frustrations that I experienced, all of which taught me something during this pursuit of perfection. And I still continue to learn each time I make a lure and any moment I’m on the water.

If you’re as detail oriented as I am when it comes to bass fishing, you want to put all of the odds in your favor while trying to catch the fish that others can’t.

Advantages and Defining Qualities

• The most detailed and realistic color patterns, made with several specific materials each creating different action and appearance in the water

• Novel and unique designs that provide a different presentation to highly conditioned bass

• Wire-tied skirts to improve the “natural flow” of the skirt, and overall action of lures by not inhibiting the trailer

• Unmatched durability when compared to other lure makers using rubber/silicone, or thread-tying to secure skirts

• Stout, needle-sharp Mustad and Gamakatsu hooks

• Stiff weed guards to prevent snagging on cover, but easily collapse when a fish bites

• Made with versatile head styles to cover all levels of the water column and desired application